More Free Housing Entitlement Whingeing

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The sad story - "I want my home for me and my children. I have been on the list long enough."

Once again an article on social housing appears in the press. There are many questions that need to be addressed in these issues. The lady in question has spent 12 years on the housing list. She has two children, one 4 years ols and the other 10 nweeks old.

She was 8 years on the list before she had the first child. How did she qualify to get on the list at 18 years of age?
Why was she able to be on the list while renting 5 different lodements?
Does she have a job?

She claims that there should be more transparencyin how houses are allocated. She could provide some transparency as to her own circumstances. Details on whether the father(s) are contributing to the support of their offspring.

It seems that these sob stories sell newspapers. The press are doing the taxpayers (income) a huge disservice.

She is currently renting privately in Rathmullen Park, Drogheda.

Once again an article on social housing appears in the press. There are many questions that need to be addressed in these issues. The lady in question has spent 12 years on the housing list. She has two children, one 4 years old and the other 10 weeks old.

She was 8 years on the list before she had the first child. How did she qualify to get on the list at 18 years of age?
Why was she able to be on the list while renting 5 different lodements?
Does she have a job?

She claims that there should be more transparencyin how houses are allocated. She could provide some transparency as to her own circumstances. Details on whether the father(s) are contributing to the support of their offspring.

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If she can afford to rent privately as the article would suggest, then she shouldn't assume to have an entitlement to social housing. She just wants to lighten her burden. As do we all. But that's not an entitlement the Tax payer ought to pay for.

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The sad story - "I want my home for me and my children. I have been on the list long enough."

Once again an article on social housing appears in the press. There are many questions that need to be addressed in these issues. The lady in question has spent 12 years on the housing list. She has two children, one 4 years ols and the other 10 nweeks old.

She was 8 years on the list before she had the first child. How did she qualify to get on the list at 18 years of age?
Why was she able to be on the list while renting 5 different lodements?
Does she have a job?

She claims that there should be more transparencyin how houses are allocated. She could provide some transparency as to her own circumstances. Details on whether the father(s) are contributing to the support of their offspring.

It seems that these sob stories sell newspapers. The press are doing the taxpayers (income) a huge disservice.

She is currently renting privately in Rathmullen Park, Drogheda.

Once again an article on social housing appears in the press. There are many questions that need to be addressed in these issues. The lady in question has spent 12 years on the housing list. She has two children, one 4 years old and the other 10 weeks old.

She was 8 years on the list before she had the first child. How did she qualify to get on the list at 18 years of age?
Why was she able to be on the list while renting 5 different lodements?
Does she have a job?

She claims that there should be more transparencyin how houses are allocated. She could provide some transparency as to her own circumstances. Details on whether the father(s) are contributing to the support of their offspring.

It seems that these sob stories sell newspapers. The press are doing the taxpayers (income) a huge disservice.

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You get what you can afford in this society if you cant afford something then tough you should do without it dont expect others to pay for what you cant afford yourself the sense of entitlement in this country is absolutely sickening.

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The sad story - "I want my home for me and my children. I have been on the list long enough."

Once again an article on social housing appears in the press. There are many questions that need to be addressed in these issues. The lady in question has spent 12 years on the housing list. She has two children, one 4 years ols and the other 10 nweeks old.

She was 8 years on the list before she had the first child. How did she qualify to get on the list at 18 years of age?
Why was she able to be on the list while renting 5 different lodements?
Does she have a job?

She claims that there should be more transparencyin how houses are allocated. She could provide some transparency as to her own circumstances. Details on whether the father(s) are contributing to the support of their offspring.

It seems that these sob stories sell newspapers. The press are doing the taxpayers (income) a huge disservice.

She is currently renting privately in Rathmullen Park, Drogheda.

Once again an article on social housing appears in the press. There are many questions that need to be addressed in these issues. The lady in question has spent 12 years on the housing list. She has two children, one 4 years old and the other 10 weeks old.

She was 8 years on the list before she had the first child. How did she qualify to get on the list at 18 years of age?
Why was she able to be on the list while renting 5 different lodements?
Does she have a job?

She claims that there should be more transparencyin how houses are allocated. She could provide some transparency as to her own circumstances. Details on whether the father(s) are contributing to the support of their offspring.

It seems that these sob stories sell newspapers. The press are doing the taxpayers (income) a huge disservice.

Is these questions that should be addressed by the lady subject of the article or by the reporter and the paper?

here's a few more questions.

Did the reporter ask any of the above question? If so, where there answers given?
Did the editor feel the article was complete and if so did the editor feel these questions are not relevant to the article or that the intention (whatever that might be) had been achieved?
Was the photo staged to accompany the article or was it taken in the natural state the reporter carried out the interview?
If the photo was staged was there a purpose or a message included in the photo?